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A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. FIELDS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD L. TURNER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,565, dated August 12, 1884.

Application iilcd December 26, 1883. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHAELEs H. FIELDS, of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haines, of which the followingr is a full, clear, and exact description, that will enable others to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved attachment for haines; and it consists of the manner of constructing and attaching the rein or strap ring, so that the saine is adapted to have a pivotal action and readily adj ust itself to different positions.

Figurel is an elevation of a haine-bar embodying my` improved features Fig. 2, a horizontal transverse section in the plane a; a", Fig. l; Fig. 3, a horizontal transverse section inthe plane fl/ y, Fig. I, with the leather tug removed; and Fig. 4, a vertical transverse section of the bolt and parts sccuringthe leather tug to the hame-bar.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the lialnebar; B, a ring through which the reins or lines are passed; C, a clip-iron securing said ring with relation to the haine, and D a clip receiving the leather tug E. The clipiron C may be rigidly secured to the hamebar in any suitable manner, and is provided with the lateral projecting lug c, which is inserted between the flanged ends a c2 of the ring B, both being perforated for the passage of the rivet c, detachably securing these parts together. A bolt may be used instead of a rivet; but in either case the object to be attained is to impart a pivotal action to the ring, so that it will adjust itself to different positions, and thus obviate the danger of the same being broken by coming in contact with some other object, as is the case when the ring is rigidly secured to the clip or hame. Vhere the ring is rigidly secured and is accidentally broken, the intermediate parts, as well as the ring, must be newly supplied, thus causing great inconvenience as well as expense. By

my arrangement the ring is not liable to be broken; but in case it should be it may be easily and quicklyreplaced by another without having to interfere with the clip or haine. The clip I), rigidly secured to the lower part of the hamebar, is provided with thesiiort projecting arms b b, the outer ends of which are perforated in order to receive the bolt b2, having the head b3 on the upper end, while the lower end is threaded and engages with a correspondingly-threaded aperture in the lower arm, b', as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. That part of the bolt bz between the two arms of the clip D is provided with the loose-iitting sleeve d, adapted to have a free rotary movement on said bolt. This intermediate sleeve acts as a friction-roller between the bolt and leather tug, and readily adjusts itself to the movement of these parts and prevents the eye in the tug from wearing. All the wear is confined to the contacting surfaces of the bolt and sleeve, both of which may be conveniently rcplaced by new parts when the same have be come so worn that they are no longer serviceable. This arrangement permits of the tug being readily attached to or detached from connection with the haine by simply taking out the bolt b2. By this form of construction the clip D need not beremoved from its permanent position on the haine when it becomes necessary to repair these parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a hame-bar, of the clip-iron C, provided with the perforated lug a, of the ring B, having the anged ends a a2, correspondingly perforated for the insertion ofthe rivet c3, whereby these parts are detachably secured wlth relation to each other, and a pivotal action imparted to the ring B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES H. FIELDS. Vitnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, C. L. JONEs. 

